X:1
T:Birdie [2]
N:From the playing of fiddler Glen Smith (1923-2001), from a 1973 field recording by
N:Kevin Delaney. Smith was originally from Woodlawn, Virginia, but moved as an adult
N:to the Elizabeth, W.Va., area in middle age to work in the timber industry.
M:C|
Q:"Quick"
L:1/8
D:https://soundarchives.berea.edu/items/show/965
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:C
[Ec][Ec][E2c2][c2e2]| [^d^f]-[eg]-[e2g2]- [e2g2]ga| g3e d2-c2|[A3c3]d c2A2|[F3A3]F EEFG|
(_B=B)-B2- B2 Bc|BAGA Bcd2|+slide+g4- gage|g2e2 [c4e4]|
[^d^f]-[eg]-[e2g2]- [e2g2]ga| g3e d2-c2|[A3c3]d cA2[EA]-|[F3A3]F EFG2|
(_B=B)-B2- B2 Bc|BAGB AGE2|[E4c4][E2c2]||
EB,|C2 E-G c2c2|cBcd cAGF|E-Gc2c4|dc B2 B4|
G,B,DF- G2Ac|BABc BAGE|DB,DE GABc|d2c2[E3c3]E|
C2 E-G c2cc-|cBcd cAGF|EGAB c4|dcB2 B4|
G,B,DF- G2Ac|BABc BAGE|DB,DE GABc|d2c2c2||
BIRDIE [2]. American, Reel (cut time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AAB (Phillips): AABB' (Brody). A bluegrass version of "Birdie (1)."
Additional notes Source for notated version : - Kenny Baker [Phillips].
Printed sources : - Brody (Fiddler's Fakebook), 1983; p. 44. Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes, vol. 2), 1995; p. 19.
Recorded sources : - County 762, Lyman Enloe - "Fiddle Tunes I Recall." County 714, Kenny Baker and Joe Green - "High Country" (1967).
See also listing at : Hear West Virginia fiddler Glen Smith's 1973 field recording at Berea Sound Archives [1]
